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TAKE A BITE<br />
OUT OF THIS!<br />
ISLA FISHER PLAYS A<br />
TRULY TOUGH TOOTH<br />
FAIRY<br />
■ Isla Fisher definitely made an impression<br />
in her first big stateside blockbuster, Wedding<br />
Crashers, which had her playing a nympho<br />
who can’t stop pouncing on Vince Vaughn.<br />
(Luckily, he grows to like it.) Since then, she’s<br />
become one of Hollywood’s most reliable<br />
comediennes, helping films like Hot Rod and<br />
Confessions of a Shopaholic turn a profit while<br />
prodding the studio system to create better<br />
roles for funny women. Until they do, Fisher<br />
has also done brisk business in animated<br />
flicks, lending her voice to Rango and Horton<br />
Hears a Who!—or really, creating a voice, as<br />
she hasn’t yet gotten to keep her perky Australian<br />
accent. A former soap star in her home<br />
country, Fisher grew up with four brothers,<br />
which means it felt natural playing the sole<br />
female character in Rise of the Guardians opposite<br />
Alec Baldwin’s Santa Claus, Chris Pine’s<br />
Jack Frost, Hugh Jackman’s Easter Bunny and<br />
Jude Law’s Boogeyman. Fisher’s Tooth Fairy is<br />
an incisor-obsessed pixie crossed with a hum-<br />
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NOVEMBER <strong>2012</strong> BOXOFFICE PRO 71
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